Investing.com – Sweden stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Consumer Services, Oil & Gas and Telecoms sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 rose 0.78% to hit a new 3-months high.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Hennes & Mauritz AB, H & M ser. B (ST:HMb), which rose 3.69% or 9.7 points to trade at 272.9 at the close. Meanwhile, Lundin Petroleum AB (ST:LUPE) added 1.13% or 1.70 points to end at 152.50 and Skanska AB ser. B (ST:SKAb) was up 1.11% or 2.00 points to 182.80 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were AstraZeneca PLC (ST:AZN), which fell 0.87% or 5.0 points to trade at 570.0 at the close. Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson B (ST:ERICb) declined 0.51% or 0.32 points to end at 61.88 and Volvo, AB ser. B (ST:VOLVb) was down 0.37% or 0.33 points to 89.92.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 327 to 256 and 63 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for September delivery was up 3.62% or 1.51 to $43.22 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 3.70% or 1.63 to hit $45.68 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.11% or 1.55 to trade at $1353.45 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was down 0.47% to 9.4182, while USD/SEK fell 0.37% to 8.4353.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.07% at 95.66.